Heart failure: Know the warning signs

1:45 AM,
Jan. 8, 2014

Magdich-Ritchey

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Heart failure is a chronic disease that affects more than 5.7 million Americans.

In the United States, patients with a primary diagnosis of heart failure now make up more than 3 million physician visits per year. It also is the second most common cause of hospitalization, according to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Heart failure is a condition in which a person's heart is still working but is not pumping blood as it should and is not meeting the body's demand for blood and oxygen. ...